Examples of nursery rhyme in a Sentence
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The three-minute-plus earworm is more of a bombastic wakeup call than a nursery rhyme.
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Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
In one video that’s supposed to be a nursery rhyme about cars, children ride without a seatbelt and walk in the middle of a road with moving cars behind them.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Into the mix for our podcasters are children’s nursery rhymes, playing them backwards, and getting unsettling demonic messages, which Tuason throws in with the continuing plotline of this couple’s pending terror.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
The state of Texas is proposing a list of literary works, from nursery rhymes and novels to Bible passages, that would become required reading in all English classrooms statewide.
—Alexandra Kanik, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
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Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
In one video that’s supposed to be a nursery rhyme about cars, children ride without a seatbelt and walk in the middle of a road with moving cars behind them.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Into the mix for our podcasters are children’s nursery rhymes, playing them backwards, and getting unsettling demonic messages, which Tuason throws in with the continuing plotline of this couple’s pending terror.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
The state of Texas is proposing a list of literary works, from nursery rhymes and novels to Bible passages, that would become required reading in all English classrooms statewide.
—Alexandra Kanik, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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“Nursery rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursery%20rhyme. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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